[millett513]

Quality: 9
Nice, solid build.. great sound.. Limiters work well.. tube channels sound amazing for vocals

Reliability: 8
Easy to use and everything has worked perfectly since I have had it (about a month), except the MIDI. The only problem with the MIDI was that it came with a faulty midi breakout cable. I called Presonus and I have never had better customer service over the phone before. There was no machine and I talked to the same person from the minute the phone was picked up. He trusted that I knew what I was talking about when I said I had it all set up properly and there was no MIDI signal. They sent a new breakout cable and it arrived 4 or 5 days later. MIDI works perfect now.

Overall Rating: 9
The only reason I don't give a 10 is because the line level input are too low. The are designed to have a high ceiling so you can use a large variety of keyboards and preamps with it (adjusting the volume on the keyboard/preamp), but they went overboard with it. I have two korg keyboards and with the volume all the way up it is still too low. It should be fine with preamps though. I plugged my keyboards up to a $50 mixer and turned the volume up on the mixer and now the signal is definitely hot enough. Also, if you want line inputs with a hotter signal and don't need to use all 10 mic inputs, you can convert the mic inputs on the back to line with 1/4 inch to XLR converters (about 5.99 for one)

Overall, I am very satisfied and have noticed a HUGE difference in my recording quality switching from a tascam US-224 to this!

You can save lots of money on one if you go to ebay, do buy it now, and get a discount through live.com. Got mine brand new for $500